ginger wine
Britishnoun
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The butcher's wife gave us cake and ginger wine, and was very jolly.
From Oswald Bastable and Others by C. E. (Charles Edmund) Brock
Ginger wine may be made in precisely the same manner, only, with the 9-gallon cask for ginger wine, 2 lbs. of the best whole ginger, 'bruised', must be put with the sugar.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
We had ginger wine at supper, to celebrate Helena's return.
From The Legacy of Cain by Wilkie Collins
And the toast was drunk in ginger wine and water, out of willow-patterned tea-cups, because the glasses couldn't be found.
From The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit
“No rum, gentlemen?” said Silas; “well, you do astonish me; but you’ll taste my wife’s green ginger wine, and drink her health?”
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables
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